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Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with the name 'Hemet'
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in dull blue. Circular with bulbous sides contracting inwards towards the rim standing on a footring. The name 'Hemet' is painted on the outside
History note: A lady living in Essex, whose father was believed to be a London clergyman who collected it there; Collins and Clarke, Cambridge, who sold it with three other items on 6 September 1922 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 4.8 cm
Height: 2.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1760
CE
-
Circa
1780
CE
Probably made in Lambeth. The name on the exterior is that of Peter Hemet who held the appointment of ‘Operator for the Teeth’ to George II until 1747 when he was succeeded by his son, also named Peter. His son Jacob took out a patent for ‘Essence of Pearl and Pearl Dentifrice’ in 1773.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt)
buff
Earthenware
wiped off foot
Tin-glazing
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in dull blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1349-1928
Primary reference Number: 71850
Old object number: 3927
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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